title: Home oxygen therapy for infants and young children with acute bronchiolitis and other lower respiratory tract infections: the HiTHOx program.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) including bronchiolitis, is one of the leading causes of pediatric hospital admissions worldwide. Recent studies have demonstrated that some children with acute bronchiolitis can be successfully managed using home oxygen therapy.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report the impact of a Hospital in The Home Oxygen therapy program (HiTHOx) for selected infants and young children with acute bronchiolitis and other LRTI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The HiTHOx program appears to be a safe model of care for carefully selected infants and young children with acute bronchiolitis and LRTI that reduces the hospital length of stay.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HiTHOx program provides an alternative model of care for infants and young children with acute LRTI. Implementation of models of care similar to that of the HiTHOx program in other pediatric health services may have the potential to create additional bed capacity, at the time of year when it is most needed.
authors.affiliation: Princess Margaret Hospital , Perth , Western Australia .
authors.forename: Theresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zappia
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vine
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Ailsa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Munns
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verheggenn
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000628:therapy*